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13 SHARKBOY
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Ottawas Tom Cavanagh rolls into
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f youre a regular reader you know

that I usually start this editorial with
some interesting tidbit about our
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everyone here at Famous.
In November of 1999 we launched this
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national readership of movie lovers.
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Speaking of upcoming films, you may have noticed that this is our
Spring Preview Issue. Starting on page 19 you can read about all the
movies being released from now until the end of May, with spotlights
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Plus, each month of that preview starts with a great interview
March is Adam Sandler for Reign Over Me, a heartbreaking drama
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9/11; April is all about our cover girl, Scarlett Johansson, who stars in
The Nanny Diaries, an adaptation of the popular
tell-all book of the same name; and May goes to
Kirsten Dunst, whose spunky Mary Jane Watson
may finally get a proposal from her web-slinging
boyfriend in Spider-Man 3.
Plus, on page 14, youll find my chat with
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2 Ewan McGregor (right) and his dad

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Ryan Reynolds-Alanis Morissette union,
Canadas hottest celeb couple is drum roll
Southern Ontarios Ryan Gosling and
Rachel McAdams. The hot couple celebrate
their hotness by stealing a hot kiss at the
Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A.
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Goyas Ghosts, directed by Czech director
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guitar with his old new wave band The Kids at
the Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert in
Pompano Beach, Florida. Witkin, who died last
year, was the bands manager and agent, and
the mother of one of its members.
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actors should be as natural as
possible, not cutesy, or over-thetop. It is VERY IMPORTANT
that the scenes totally be played
for the reality. We are looking for
NON-ACTING, SUBTLE, REAL
& NATURAL acting.
In the end, the non-speaking
role of Young Jimmy went to
eight-year-old Zachary Ferren
from Chatham, Ontario. But,
alas, it doesnt look like a
suitable Young Chazz could be
found in these parts because
the role went to Laguna Beach,
California, native Ridge Canipe,
a 13-year-old wonder who has
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Bad News Bears and Walk the
Line, and on TVs Desperate
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Blades of Glorys
Jon Heder (left) and
Will Ferrell
life. But then they discover a

loophole in the rules if they
team up and perform as a pair
they must be allowed to
compete. Hilarity ensues.
Several segments were
shot in Montreal last March,
including one with Young
Chazz and Young Jimmy that
sets the stage for their rivalry.
A casting call for kids who can
skate was sent out, specifying
all of the spins, axels and toe
loops the boys must be able to
complete. But the call also
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pint-sized players motivation:
Young Chazz is a troubled
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movie, Blades of Glory, takes
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was front and centre at the recent opening of the brand-new
National Art Centre at Tokyo. The gallery is unique in that it has
no permanent collection, instead using its 14,000 square metres
of exhibition space for visiting shows, giving it an unpredictable
quality according the buildings architect, Kisho Kurokawa.
Godzilla was part of the very first visiting exhibit, The Power of
Expression, Japan, which pulled together works of manga
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golden ball in the books and

movies which, in this case,
is a tennis ball, stuffed inside a
sock, that hangs out of the shorts
of a fleet-footed runner. The reallife Snitch, who wears a yellow
outfit (complete with yellow face
paint), is chased around the field
while the Bludgers (attackers)
toss dodgeballs at one another.
The Quaffle (a small ball used for
scoring points) is a volleyball
thats fired at gold-painted
Hula Hoops mounted on chairs.
As yet, there is no mandatory
drug testing for this sport. IR
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hat happens when the

generation that grew up
reading Harry Potter goes to
college? It creates its own version
of intramural Quidditch.
Students at Middlebury College
in Vermont originally came up with
the game, which is slowly
spreading to other Northeastern
college campuses. Now, these
crazy earth-bound kids dont have
flying brooms to ride, but they do
run around with brooms between
their legs, wearing capes.
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the beginning of a new life shortly after

accepting the role of Helen she discovered
she was pregnant. She assumed Currie would
find another actor for the part but instead
he wrote the pregnancy into the script.
When Carrie-Anne found out she was
pregnant she let us know quite early in the
process, remembers Currie. And when
she talked to me about the pregnancy we
both got really excited because the films
theme of death, and the fear of death, is
matched with the idea of what it means to
be alive, and for her to have this living child
inside her, it just sort of deepened the
whole thing in a really organic way.
The kicker was that Curries partner and
Fidos producer, Mary Ann Waterhouse, also
became pregnant before filming started.
They were actually pregnant within a few
weeks of each other, says Currie. It was
great. They were both radiant and happy, it
was a really special and wonderful
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And at the heart of it all is the theme:

Love, not fear, makes us alive. Its really
about the family and the father, played by
Dylan Baker, who is this guy who is
completely fear-based. Hes terrified of
zombies but hes also terrified of intimacy,
and the central irony of it all is that Fido,
whos dead, comes into the family and you
realize hes more emotionally engaged and
alive than the father.
Currie is partial to zombies, having
used the zombie metaphor in his short film
Night of the Living, which he made while a
resident at the Canadian Film Centre. That
one was about a boy who thinks his
alcoholic father is a zombie.
I dont know what attracts me to
zombies, probably its that the zombie
represents the other. They are very close to
humans, and Im sure theyre tied into our
own fear of mortality and illness and all of
that. They sort of embody that, dont they?
For actor Carrie-Anne Moss, Fido marked
ombies are a hot commodity in

Hollywood. The undead have made a
huge cinematic comeback, thanks
mostly to the resurgence of horror flicks. But
in director Andrew Curries (Mile Zero) latest
movie, Fido (in theatres March 16), zombies
dont seem all that scary, having been
domesticated and put to work as servants
and labourers, even kept as family pets.
The film, set in the idyllic 1950s,
picks up after a dust cloud passes through
Earths atmosphere and causes the dead
to rise in search of human flesh. But thanks
to a collar invented by the ZomCon
corporation, zombies are controlled and
considered docile. Helen (Carrie-Anne
Moss) and Bill (Dylan Baker) Robinson
even allow their son Timmy to keep a zombie
named Fido (Billy Connolly) as a pet.
Fido is more of a comedy and really
isnt a horror film, although it plays with
the genre, says Currie on the line from
his Vancouver office.
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Director Rob Stewart on the trials of making Sharkwater I BY MARNI WEISZ
bout five years ago, Toronto-based wildlife photographer

Rob Stewart set out to make a documentary about one of
his lifelong passions, sharks. He figured it would be an
informative film filled with beautiful underwater imagery, sort
of like an underwater version of Baraka, the 1992 documentary
about life on Earth that was made up of striking imagery from
around the world.
But three weeks into the shoot a string of
dramatic incidents turned the movie from
underwater eye candy to a human drama
involving politics, criminal charges and a
near-death experience. The resulting film,
Sharkwater, is released in theatres this month.
Stewart was doing some last-minute tweaks
to the films colour at a Toronto editing
facility when he spoke with Famous.
Tell me about this film. I tried to make just
an underwater movie, then everything went to hell. While we
were making the movie, the conservation group that I was
working with collided with a fishing boat in Guatemala, we
ended up getting charged with attempted murder in Costa Rica,
and then getting arrested and exposing this corruption ring, I
was filming this Taiwanese mafia. Everything went crazy and
we ended up having to turn the cameras on ourselves in case
we were stuck in a Costa Rican prison, so I would have a
record of that. And when I came back from that main shoot
I had this crazy human drama and none of the underwater
Baraka that I thought I was going to make.
You contracted flesh-eating disease while you were shooting, and
were taken to a hospital in the Galapagos Islands where doctors
wanted to remove your leg. How did you recover from that? Seven
days of superstrong Ecuadorian antibiotics and little blue
pills that made me sleep the whole time. After that I had
Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and TB. Dengue Fever is sort
of like West Nile, I actually got West Nile in Toronto. I got
back from this trip and I was getting over

Dengue and I got bitten by a mosquito in
a park in Toronto and it was West Nile.
And then I had latent tuberculosis that
was just sitting in me. I finished university in Africa, so I
probably contracted it there. It stayed dormant in me until my
immune system was so devastated by the other two.
How are you now? Good. Im a little more sensitive, so if I
miss a few nights of sleep in a row Ill probably get sick.
Why this obsession with sharks? Theres a lot we can learn from
them. Were living at a time on Earth when humans survival on
the planet is in jeopardy. Were not living in balance with the
natural world, were breaking virtually every ecological law
there is on the planet. So we can look to sharks because theyre
the only large animal that survived for 400-million years, figure
out how they live in balance with the world. Also, theres no
other animal you can look at thats so perfectly designed to live
on Earth. I grew up as a boy catching snakes and lizards and
stuff like that and sharks are sort of the ultimate cool boy
animal theyre big, theyre menacing, theyre beautiful and
powerful, and nobody really likes them.
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So whats your take on Gray Matters?

Its basically your typical cops and
robbers car chaseno, just kidding.
Sue Kramer, the director, attempted to
make an homage to the musical romantic
comedies of the 40s but set it in the
In Cavanaghs latest movie, Gray Matters,

he plays Sam, an amiable doctor who falls
in love with Charlie (Bridget Moynahan)
after meeting her at a dog park. Problem
is, Sams sister Gray (Heather Graham)
who is just realizing shes gay also
falls for Charlie. Alan Cumming is cast as a
Scottish cabbie with a crush on Gray, while
Sissy Spacek has a small role as Grays
loopy psychiatrist.
We had a screening for the New York
Film Critics last night, which seemed to
go fine. Nobody threw anything, jokes
Cavanagh.
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or many, Ottawa native Tom Cavanagh

will always be synonymous with
Ed Stevens, the bowling alley lawyer
he played for four seasons on the NBC
series Ed. And for good reason. The
43-year-old actor shares much with
Stuckyvilles prodigal son, including the
same amiable, enthusiastic demeanor
and self-deprecating sense of humour.
Since Ed went off the air in 2004,
Cavanagh has rarely been out of work,
appearing in several episodes of Scrubs,
the doomed TV series Love Monkey, and
the satirical Broadway musical Urinetown.
That last credit isnt as much of a departure
as you might think. After graduating from
Kingston, Ontarios Queens University,
Cavanagh earned roles in song-and-dance
productions like A Chorus Line and Cabaret,
then moved to New York to appear in the
Broadway musical Shenandoah.
I really, really liked the city and have
been fortunate enough to get some films
here. So Ive had a place here for a long
time, says Cavanagh over the phone
from his New York home. The actor
married Maureen Grise, a photo editor for
Sports Illustrated, a couple of years ago and
they now have a one-year-old daughter.
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interview| TOM CAVANAGH

present day, which, if you think

about it, is an interesting conceit. Its a
very personal story for Sue, not just in
that respect, but because its a sort of
Valentine to her sister, whos gay.
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The topic is treated in a very light manner.

Was that on purpose?
It was 100 percent purposeful. It really
wasnt going to be one of these teen
coming-of-age, dripping with angst
things. Sue had no desire to do that. It
was basically look, its sometimes a
negative word in our culture but its a
movie thats unabashedly populist. She
wanted to make a commercial movie, and
she did. While [coming out is] a big story
for the individual, in her point of view it
shouldnt be a big deal. So she didnt
want to treat it as Oh my gosh, look how
heavy this is. There are serious moments,
but largely its a romantic comedy.
The most progressive thing about the movie
may be casting Alan Cumming, an openly
gay actor, as a straight man with a crush on
the leading lady.
Yeah, I mean Alan, if youve seen his stuff,
hes a vicious talent. Any time I see Alan
in a role like that I want him to be on the
screen all the time. You know, like, Get
Cavanagh out of there and put Cumming
on screen for a few more minutes. And in
this role, its very straight, its a sweet role,
and maybe not typically what youre used
to seeing [from him]. I think you will find
that this guy is eminently watchable.
And filmmakers rarely cast gay actors in a
straight, romantic roles.
I really hadnt thought of it that way.
Hopefully thatll change. You dont
have to be a drug addict to play a drug
addict. You dont have to be straight to play
straight. Thats just a very short-sighted
way for the entertainment industry to
look at things.
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Take care.
You went to Queens, where you played

basketball and earned three degrees
Biology, English and Education but did
you study drama there? Do they even have
a drama department?
They have a very good drama department,
very accomplished, very well-respected,
but no, I took it initially as an elective my
first year and just realized that I felt more
at home with the doing than the craftsman part of it. There were always plenty
of plays being put on at Queens both
straight theatre and musical theatre,
There were
always plenty
of plays
being put on
at Queens
says Cavanagh.
I took advantage
of that
A dream come true

for every style
of curls
so if thats what you want to be involved

in theres plenty of opportunities. I took
advantage of that.
How do you end up with three degrees?
You have five years of basketball eligibility
[laughs]. I knew that I wasnt going to use
those degrees professionally, but I was
interested in the subject matter. I was
doing plays throughout my stay there
and that, as much as anything, was my
university experience.
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I can see how you can act without formal

training, but how do you do musicals
without formal training?
My familys very musical, my mothers a
music teacher. My sisters both have
awards of distinction as pianists, my dads
into musicals, my brother and I and my
father all play guitar, and theres always
singing around the place. I always played
in a band throughout college, really just
a college band, but a lot of fun. So Im
used to playing on stage and performing
anyway, so it was an easy step.
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And did you have to dance?

Sure.
So where did that come from?
I dunno [laughs], thats another crazy
question. Im sure it was very awful
dancing, but I think I was coordinated
enough to play sports so a lot of my dance
came, initially, as pure mimicry. You
know, I may not be able to do all these
combinations or dance competently
otherwise, but if you just show me what
the moves are and teach me where everything needs to go, you know, Ill work
very hard at that and hopefully, by the
time we open, hopefully, you can put me
at the back and I can get away with it.
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says their anxiety is for naught. I like

what Ive been doing, so I dont really see
any reason to do anything different,
insists Sandler, who has already made
such family-fare as Big Daddy and the
animated Eight Crazy Nights.
I believe in what Ive done in the past,
and I hope that my kid enjoys some of
the movies Ive made and enjoys some of
the movies I make in the future, he
continues. I dont think that shell dig
them until shes maybe 14 or 15 or maybe
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One day, he bumps into this guy, Alan

Don Cheadle plays him and Charlie
and Alan both went to dental school
together, Sandler continues. But Charlie
hasnt spoken to anyone in five years, and
for some reason, Alan makes him feel
comfortable. So its about a friendship
that changes both their lives.
Although the story sounds like it could
have been based on real people like
World Trade Center and United 93 before it
Sandler insists that its not. He is not
a real guy or at least not one particular
real guy, explains Sandler. Now, Mike
did a lot of research and met a lot of
people like Charlie that were affected by
9/11, so I guess you could say a lot of
Charlies words and certainly his grief are
real. Now that I have a family, its hard to
imagine what friends and relatives of the
people who died felt. Hopefully, this
movie will help to heal some of that pain.
Aside from his wife, Sandlers family
now consists of 10-month-old daughter
Sadie Madison. He says he never had any
doubts about becoming a dad, his sisters
both have kids and hes always loved being
around them. Every day, I get more and
more excited, and I feel comfortable with
her. I just want her to feel comfortable
with me. My arms arent perfect for the
kids head when I cradle her. I got to
grow the boobs.
If Sandlers fans are worried fatherhood
will steer The Sandman toward making
more family-oriented movies, the actor
but I do it because its important for my

performance. But Im glad when its
over, because it feels like a relief. If I did
the best that I could do, I feel a huge
sense of accomplishment. But Id be
lying if I didnt tell you that I would
rather go to work in a movie like Click, so
I can fart in David Hasselhoffs face.
Whatever calm and satisfaction Sandler
may get from expelling bodily gases in
the face of a former TV star were put on
the back burner when his wife, former
model Jackie Titone (now Jackie Sandler),
read director Mike Binders script for
Reign Over Me, about a man who lost his
family on 9/11.
She told me she thought that I could
really do it justice, but I thought it was a
very heavy movie, and I was scared to
do it, Sandler recalls. But she really
encouraged me and told me it was a
movie I would be proud of.
Sandler plays Charlie Fineman, whose
life has been consumed by anguish since
his family died in the World Trade Center.
An unexpected meeting with an old
friend, however, begins to change his world.
Basically, at its core, its just about a
man whos been through a terrible thing,
says Sandler. Charlie lost his family in
9/11, and he has a hard time just living
life and just being in the moment. He
doesnt want to know about life. He tries
to pretend that he never had a family. He
can only deal with his life by thinking
about stuff in his past, about growing up.
Its hard to deny; most people

go to Adam Sandler movies
simply to see him act silly.
And, like many of his comic
brethren Jim Carrey, Chris
Rock, Steve Martin when
they take on serious roles, the
projects often fair poorly.
Sandler himself has had
mixed success with more
dramatic fare earning great
reviews and a Golden Globe
nomination for Punch-Drunk
Love, but suffering through a
mediocre reaction to Spanglish.
You always want every single one of
your movies to make a lot of money
and be popular with your fans, but I
can never grow as an actor if I let bad
box-office numbers scare me away
from the more dramatic films, says the
40-year-old New York native who got his
first big break in 1990 when he joined the
cast of Saturday Night Live. Im not afraid
to take chances, because all it can do is
help me grow as an artist and a person. I
like testing myself a little bit.
In the same breath, though, Sandler
admits he finds it more relaxing to make
jokes and do pratfalls than to shoot a
sad scene. Im much more comfortable
showing up at a set knowing that we have
a funny scene coming up, he says. I
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family, its hard to
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and relatives of the
people who died felt,
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Hopefully, this movie
will help to heal some
of that pain
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her whole life. Ill be like, Watch daddy
now. Let it affect you the way that it affected all of America.
His next movie, I Now Pronounce You
Chuck and Larry, is another comedy, but
this time its about a subject that is neither
safe nor particularly mainstream
same-sex marriage. Although Sandler
performed at the Republican National
Convention in 2004, he supports gay rights.
Ive always been an open-minded
person, its just that in my earlier films I

didnt have the box-office power to say
the things I wanted to say, says Sandler.
Now that Im seen as a little popular, I
can say and do a lot more of what I want.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
has Sandler and Kevin James playing
two heterosexual fireman buddies in
Philadelphia who are forced to act like a
gay couple in order to receive muchneeded insurance and other benefits
being awarded to domestic partners. The
film also stars Jessica Biel, Dan Akyroyd
and former firefighter Steve Buscemi,
who worked at a New York fire station for
several years before making it as an actor.
Some people have suggested Sandler
was anxious to do the film as a way to
send a middle-finger salute to some
gossip columnists who questioned his
sexual leanings before he got married.
You know, when you dont go on TV
and talk about how many women you
sleep with, some people in Hollywood
that are supposedly in the know start
whispering that youre gay, he says with
a smirk. If I were gay, I wouldnt be
ashamed to admit it, I think Ive demonstrated that with Big Daddy [with its
positive depiction of a gay couple]. This
is the part of being famous that most
actors hate people making up things
about you that arent true. But you learn
to ignore it and keep on doing what
youre here for making people laugh
or cry and try to teach them a thing or
two along the way.
Earl Dittman is a Houston-based
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WHOS IN IT? Chris Rock, Kerry Washington

WHO DIRECTED? Chris Rock (Head of State)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Rock remakes the 1972
French comedy Chloe in the Afternoon,
which finds a happily married man (Rock)
seriously tempted to cheat on his wife
(Gina Torres) with a mischievous ex-flame
(Washington). Itll be interesting to see if
the usually acerbic Rock can capture the
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WHO DIRECTED? Sue Kramer (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? A brother and sister
(Cavanagh, Graham) both fall for the same
woman after meeting her at a dog park.
See Tom Cavanagh interview, page 14.
WHOS IN IT? Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh

WHO DIRECTED? Danny Boyle (28 Days Later)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Fifty years from now the
sun starts to peter out, which means Earth
will soon hit a deep freeze that is,
unless a group of astronauts can find a way
to restart the life-giving globe.
GRAY MATTERS
SUNSHINE
WHOS IN IT? Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.

WHO DIRECTED? David Fincher (Panic Room)
WHATS IT ABOUT? During the late 60s and
early 70s, a serial killer operating in
Northern California taunts the police with
cryptic letters published on the front page
of the San Francisco Chronicle, which
draws the interest of not only the cops, but a
journalist (Downey Jr.) and the papers
cartoonist (Gyllenhaal). Based on the reallife case of the Zodiac killer, who was never
apprehended and was last heard from in
1974. The San Francisco police officially
closed the case file in April 2004.
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WHO DIRECTED? Walt Becker (Van Wilder)
WHATS IT ABOUT? This buddy comedy/road
pic stars Travolta, Lawrence, Tim Allen and
William H. Macy as four middle-aged guys who
decide to shake up their lives by taking their
Harleys for an extended spin. Their bonding
exercise turns ugly when they run into a
biker gang led by the menacing Ray Liotta.
WHOS IN IT? Gerard Butler, Lena Headey

WHO DIRECTED? Zack Snyder
(Dawn of the Dead)
WHATS IT ABOUT? This extravaganza
of historic eye-candy is based on
Frank Millers gory graphic novel that
recounts the Battle of Thermopylae, which
saw 300 Spartan soldiers take on
thousands of invading Persian warriors in
480 BC. Like Sin City, Millers other
graphic-novel-turned-film, 300 was shot
against a blue screen, thereby allowing
director Snyder to fill in the background
with elaborate and fantastical CGI effects.
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home with their newborn. And if thats not
bad enough, Toms smarmy co-worker Chip
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WHO DIRECTED? Mira Nair (Vanity Fair)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Gogol Ganguli (Penn) was
born in New York, but his Indian name, dark
skin and immigrant parents make him feel
more like an outsider than an American.
Its only when his father finally tells him
the story of how he came by his name that
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WHOS IN IT? Zach Braff, Amanda Peet

WHO DIRECTED? Jesse Peretz (The Chteau)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Braff stars as Tom, a
laid-back guy whos forced to work at his
father-in-laws advertising agency when his
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WHO DIRECTED? Robert Shaye (Book of Love)
WHATS IT ABOUT? A brother and sister
VOICES: Patrick Stewart, Sarah Michelle Gellar

WHO DIRECTED? Kevin Munroe (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? The TMNT have been
kicking around since 1984, when
cartoonists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
used a tax refund and a loan from a relative
to self-publish a single comic book
featuring four heroic turtles who possess
amazing martial arts skills. Action figures,
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WHOS IN IT? Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly

WHO DIRECTED? Andrew Currie (Mile Zero)
WHATS IT ABOUT? During the idyllic 1950s a
cloud of space dust passes through Earths
atmosphere and causes the dead to rise. But
alls well, thanks to a collar invented by the
ZomCon corporation, which makes zombies
docile. Little Timmy Robinsons best friend is
his zombie pet Fido (Connolly)but Fido is
showing some disturbing signs of rebellion.
See Andrew Currie interview, page 12.
WHOS IN IT? Jacob Vargas, Derek Mears

WHO DIRECTED? Martin Weisz (Rohtenburg)
WHATS IT ABOUT? The New Mexico tourist
board must just loooove this horror series
about a colony of cannibalistic mutants
living in the NM desert who feed on passing
tourists. This time around its a group of
National Guard trainees on the menu.
WHOS IN IT? Ryan Kwanten, Donnie Wahlberg

WHO DIRECTED? James Wan (Saw)
WHATS IT ABOUT? From the writer and
director of Saw comes this scary flick about
a widower (Kwanten) who thinks the
mysterious murder of a female ventriloquist
decades earlier may have something to do
with his wifes death.
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WHO DIRECTED? Mennan Yapo (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? A cop comes to the door
and informs Linda (Bullock) that her
husband was killed in a traffic accident. Yet
the next morning she wakes up and hes
there beside her. When the premonition
keeps repeating itself, Linda searches for a
way to stop the event from happening.
WHOS IN IT? Rob Stewart, Paul Watson

WHO DIRECTED? Rob Stewart (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Writer/director
Stewarts long-held passion for sharks is the
jumping off point for this documentary about
the magnificent yet much-maligned
creatures, now battling poachers, the sharkfin trade and their own bad reps to stay alive.
See Rob Stewart interview, page 13.
WHOS IN IT? Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle

WHO DIRECTED? Mike Binder
(The Upside of Anger)
WHATS IT ABOUT? See Adam Sandler
interview, page 20.
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SHARKWATER
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WHOS IN IT? Mark Wahlberg, Kate Mara

WHO DIRECTED? Antoine Fuqua (King Arthur)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Hes part Jason Bourne,
part John Rambo hes Bob Lee Swagger
(Wahlberg), a retired U.S. military sniper
whos contacted by the Feds to stop an
assassination attempt on the President,
but is then double-crossed so it looks as if
hes the shooter. Of course, Bob Lee Swagger
(well take any opportunity to use this
name in a sentence) goes on the hunt to
find out who framed Bob Lee Swagger.
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WHOS IN IT? Kevin Costner, Demi Moore

WHO DIRECTED? Bruce A. Evans (Kuffs)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Mr. Brooks (Costner) is
an affable, ordinary bloke he wears
glasses, nice suits, is married with a wife
and kid but his demeanor changes when
Marshall (William Hurt), his serial-killer
alter ego, takes over. Moore stars as the
detective assigned to track down the
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discover an assortment of odd toys that

gives them strange powers. Both their
parents (Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson)
and their science teacher, Mr. White
(Rainn Wilson), find the development
unnerving and suspect the kids may be
channeling some alien energy.
Sandra Bullock sees trouble down

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WHOS IN IT? Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Isla Fisher
WHO DIRECTED? Scott Frank (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Chris Pratt (GordonLevitt) was a high school jock and
man-about-town until an accident left him
slightly brain-damaged. He now works as a
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and to buy tickets.
Okay, we admit it, just the idea of

Will Ferrell and Jon Heder as
competitive figure skaters had us
laughing, and now that theres
pictorial evidence of them, in
lame costumes and sporting bad
Eddie Van Halen haircuts no less, were psyched.
Rival skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) disgrace
their sport (unlike, say, Olympic judges) when they get into a brawl after a competition.
Banned from singles skating, the two decide to make nice and attempt a comeback in the
only category they can: pairs skating. Sure, pairs skaters are usually comprised of one
man and one woman, but there is no rule that forbids same-sex couples, so let the double
axels and triple Lutz-double toe loops fly!
Co-directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck are both making their big-screen debuts,
while two of the four writers John Altschuler and David Krinsky have written for
TVs King of the Hill.
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VOICES: Daniel Hansen, Wesley Singerman

WHO DIRECTED? Stephen J. Anderson (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? In this computeranimated pic, a 12-year-old orphan named
Lewis invents a memory scanner in the
hopes he can learn something about his
WHOS IN IT? Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac

WHO DIRECTED? Sunu Gonera (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Howard stars as
Jim Ellis, a recreation centre instructor
who, during the summer of 1974, starts a
competitive swim program for AfricanAmerican teens in Philadelphia. Howards
(Hustle & Flow) riveting screen presence
should help elevate this latest based-on-atrue-story, underdog sports movie.
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WHOS IN IT? Christian Bale, Steve Zahn

WHO DIRECTED? Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man)
WHATS IT ABOUT? American fighter pilot
Dieter Dengler (Bale) is shot down over
Laos in 1966 and captured by Viet Cong
soldiers. After enduring six months in a
brutal POW camp alongside other
prisoners (including two played by Zahn
and Jeremy Davies), Dengler escapes
into the jungle where his fight for
survival continues.
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and even a travelling musical
followed. Now they come to the big screen
in all their CGI glory, taking on an army of
evil creatures led by a black-hearted
industrialist.
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WHO DIRECTED? Stephen Hopkins
(Under Suspicion)
WHATS IT ABOUT? If you think you see
Jesus face inside a Swanson frozen dinner
then its time to call Katherine Winter
(Swank), who makes it her job to debunk
religious phenomenon. But Katherine is
stumped when she heads to a swampy
Louisiana hamlet where the locals
believe they are the victims of Biblical
plagues, and a little girl is the cause of
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and before Lewis can track down the thief
Wilbur Robinson appears to whisk him into
the future where the Robinson clan awaits
his arrival.
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voice and curvy figure have rocketed her
to the top of many a Sexiest Celebrities
list, and earned her a lucrative contract
promoting LOreal cosmetics. So does
she ever get tired of the compliments?
I have to be honest, its really very nice
when people that you dont even know
come up to you to tell you that youre
sexy, she says with a big smile. And you
know they really mean it, its not a pickup
line or anything like that. So, yeah, it is a
nice thing to hear. It makes me feel
really nice and cheerful. I imagine
everyone would react that way.
She says that, most of the time, she
feels pretty good about the way she looks,
but she refuses to call herself sexy, saying
thats up to others to decide. Plus, she
points out, the people who decide such
things dont see her 24 hours a day.
I know what I look like after three
hours of sleep or what I look like after a
half-day of sleep. Its not always a
pretty sight, she says. I wake up some
mornings, look in the mirror, and think
to myself, Okay, this is a good day. I can
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feel that kind of pressure. He didnt
have a problem at all with his lines or
direction. Of course, if I really wanted to
get his attention, I would just offer him
cookies. It always worked with me when
they needed me to hit my mark as a kid.
Born into a family of five children
(including a twin brother), Johansson
says her craving for attention made her a
showbiz natural. However, shes always
thought of herself as more of a song-anddance gal than a dramatic actor.
I started acting when I was about
seven, and I always just loved to perform,
she remembers, searching her posh
Manhattan hotel suite for a bottle opener
to pop the top off her mineral water.
I was one of those type of singing and
dancing kids one of those Broadway
audition for Annie type kids. Believe it or
not, I loved that stuff and still do. I think
it would surprise most people that I
know the lyrics to every Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical ever written. I love
Oklahoma and Carousel, too. Thats one of
the reasons I was so excited to have
Alicia with me on The Nanny Diaries,
because we would break out in song
whenever we got the chance. I do that all
the time. During Scoop, Hugh Jackman
and I would sing a lot of musical tunes
together on the set. I wouldnt think that
he wouldve known all of those songs. I
mean, there was Wolverine belting out
songs from Oklahoma it was surreal.
book is sort-of true, based on Kraus and

McLaughlins job from hell experiences
working as nannies in elitist Manhattan.
Johansson plays Annie Braddock, a
struggling college student who becomes
the nanny for four-year-old Grayer
(Nicholas Art), the son of a wealthy and
wildly dysfunctional Upper East Side
couple that Annie labels Mr. X (Paul
Giamatti) and Mrs. X (Laura Linney)
as she begins telling her best friend
Lynette (singer Alicia Keys) about the job.
To have Paul Giamatti and Laura
Linney with you in the same film only
makes you better because they are the
essence of great acting and only make
you strive to be better. You just can watch
them for hours and hours and learn so
many things about acting that you didnt
even know, says Johansson. Then she
adds, The person that really blew me
away was Alicia. She was incredible! I
knew she had just done another movie
[Smokin Aces], but I didnt realize how
comfortable she would be with acting.
Johansson also has a lot of affection for
her seven-year-old co-star Nicholas, which
isnt surprising since she was a child actor
herself, making her big-screen debut in
Rob Reiners North when she was just 10.
And she was only 14 when she got her big
break playing a tormented teen coming
to terms with the death of a friend in
Robert Redfords The Horse Whisperer.
We hit it off immediately, Johansson
says of young Nick, I guess because I
After spending the better

part of 2005 and early
2006 in England filming
two Woody Allen films,
Scoop and Match Point,
then going to Bulgaria
to do Brian De Palmas
The Black Dahlia,
Scarlett Johansson
was happy to spend
the first part of
last year shooting
The Nanny Diaries
in her native
New York City.
I was so ready to spend some time at
home after being away for what seemed
like ages, says the 22-year-old actor,
sitting in a short, white silk dress during
an interview at a Manhattan hotel. It was
so wonderful to shoot in New York in
spring and summer, because the city
really looks its best during those months.
The fact that the husband and wife
team of Shari Springer Berman and
Robert Pulcini (American Splendor), also
native New Yorkers, were directing the
film completed the sets New York vibe.
I told everybody to take all the time
they needed to finish the movie, says
Johansson, because I didnt want to
leave too quickly.
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its existence as a best-selling novel by
Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin.
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face the world. Now, other days I wake

up and go, Oh my God, I need a hat
today! I mean, I still feel nice. And it
really feels good when people say youre
sexy even when you feel like youre
having one of those I need a hat days.
Its definitely a nice thing to hear and a
real boost to the ego.
As her fame grows, however, so does
the publics interest in her personal
life. When her relationship with actor
Josh Hartnett bit the dust late last year,
the breakup generated lots of ink.
I think as an actor, its nice to not
have everyone know your business.
Certainly in the society that we live in
today, people seem to want to focus more
on things that are very superfluous and
unimportant instead of focusing on what
is actually going on in the world. Its
much easier to find out who is dating
who than getting any real story about
whats going on in Iraq, Africa or Haiti.
And superfluous is not generally
a word you would use to describe
Scarlett Johansson, or the majority of her
movie choices. With two films about the
British monarchy, The Other Boleyn Girl

and Mary, Queen of Scots, already in the
editing room, and filming on Amazon
another period piece in which shell
play, believe it or not, a gladiatrix (female
gladiator) looking for revenge in ancient
Rome set to begin any day, Johansson
continues to choose substantial roles
over ones that let her simply look pretty
and fall in love.
I hope to always be searching for
ultimate satisfaction until the day that I
die, otherwise, gosh, how boring, says
the no-nonsense New Yorker. I mean,
its good to feel satisfied, but I never want
to stop looking or stop being curious
about things. I think that you can get to
a point in your life where youre
comfortable with that, but I never want to
be too comfortable.
Im saying that now, of course, as a
22-year-old girl, she adds. Ask me in
another 35 years and Ill probably tell you
that all I want to be is comfortable.
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WHO DIRECTED? Lasse Hallstrm (Chocolat)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Based on the true story of
Clifford Irving (Gere), who convinced
McGraw-Hill to publish his biography of
reclusive millionaire Howard Hughes by
telling them he was tight with Hughes.
He wasnt.
Jungle Julia, and two of her hot friends.

Meanwhile, in Rodriguezs
Planet Terror, a couple of doctors
working the graveyard shift (Josh Brolin,
Marley Shelton) are swamped with patients
sporting open sores and vacant looks in
their eyes. One of the wounded is Cherry
(Rose McGowan), whose leg was ripped
off in a roadside attack. Now, having
replaced that leg with a gun, Cherry and
her ex-boyfriend Wray (Six Feet Unders
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THE HOAX
First, you should know that a

grindhouse is a type of theatre
known for showing back-to-back
exploitation films with extreme
sex and violence. They were
particularly popular in the 1970s
and 80s.
Next, you should know that this is not
one but two separate movies one
written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
(Kill Bill), the other by Robert Rodriguez
(Sin City). Theres even a series of fake
trailers in between to give viewers a
break. And theyll need it.
Tarantinos film, which is subtitled
Death Proof, has Kurt Russell playing a
stuntman named Mike who likes to kill
beautiful women with his car. His target on
this particular night is a foxy DJ named
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WHOS IN IT? Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher

WHO DIRECTED? Michael Ian Black (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? After losing the woman
he loves, and in a moment of uninhibited
desperation, a man (Biggs) proposes to his
unhappy waitress (Fisher)...and she accepts.
Can two strangers make a marriage work?
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WHOS IN IT? Shia LaBeouf, David Morse

WHO DIRECTED? D.J. Caruso (Taking Lives)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Call it Rear Window for
DISTURBIA
WHOS IN IT? Josh Hutcherson, Aaron Abrams

WHO DIRECTED? Todd Holland (The Wizard)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Rexxx is a pampered
pooch working as a canine actor in
Hollywooduntil a stunt goes awry
and he loses his job and his home.
Fortunately, the bedraggled pup is taken
in by Shane (Hutcherson), the son of a
firefighter (Bruce Greenwood), and is
accepted as the firehouse mascot.
WHOS IN IT? Parker Posey, Amy Poehler

WHO DIRECTED? Ryan Shiraki (Poster Boy)
WHATS IT ABOUT? The geeks inherit
Spring Break in this comedy starring
Posey, Poehler and Rachel Dratch as three
thirtysomething friends who travel to
South Padre Island during Spring Break to
keep an eye on Poseys bosss daughter, a
supposed party-girl who turns out to be as
geeky as the rest of them.
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WHOS IN IT? Simon Pegg, Nick Frost

WHO DIRECTED? Edgar Wright
(Shaun of the Dead)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is
a hotshot London cop. And thats the
problem. Hes so good he makes the rest of
the cops look bad. So they send him off to
the sleepy little community of Sandford,
statistically the safest city in the country.
But when a series of grisly accidents takes
place, Angel realizes that statistic is wrong.
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Tickets for this highlight of the WWE

season sold out almost as soon as they
went on sale back in November. But that
doesnt mean you cant enjoy the flying
sweat, ripped bodies and bitter
grudges up close and personal. Go to
www.cineplex.com to buy tickets and
for a list of theatres where you can
watch the event live as it unfolds at
Detroits Ford Field.
WHOS IN IT? Halle Berry, Bruce Willis

WHO DIRECTED? James Foley
(Glengarry Glen Ross)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Berry plays Ro, a
journalist whose friend turns up dead after
having an affair with a powerful, married ad
executive (Willis) she met online. Suspecting
hes responsible for the murder, Ro goes
undercover, posing as a temp at his agency.
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the teen set. LaBeouf plays a rebellious

teen sentenced to three months house
arrest. Plagued with extreme boredom, he
becomes an acute observer of his
neighbours and notices that something
aint right next door. In fact, someone on
the street just might be a murderer.
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WHOS IN IT? Ice Cube, Nia Long

WHO DIRECTED? Steve Carr (Rebound)
WHATS IT ABOUT? If Cube thought taking a
road trip with his girlfriends two kids was a
challenge, he never should have agreed to
renovate a house with them. Now married to
said girlfriend (Long), Cube moves the whole
clan to the country where they buy a fixerupper in this sequel to Are We There Yet?

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WHOS IN IT? Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson
WHO DIRECTED? Nimrd Antal
(Kontroll)
WHATS IT ABOUT? When David (Wilson)
and Amys (Beckinsale) car breaks down in
the middle of nowhere, theyre forced to
stay the night at a remote motel. They pass
the time watching low-budget slasher
movies on TV, and then realize the films
were all shot in their very room. If they
dont escape, they could be the next
movies stars.
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WHOS IN IT? Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva
WHO DIRECTED? David S. Goyer (Blade: Trinity)
WHATS IT ABOUT? This spooky teen thriller
revolves around Nick Powell (Chatwin), a
young student who is beaten almost to
death. But as his nearly lifeless body lies at
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theatres where you can watch it live,
and to buy tickets.
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theatres where you can watch it live, and
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WHO DIRECTED? Marcus Nispel
(The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Six hundred years before
Columbus discovered North America, the
Vikings made the trip, several times,
often engaging in bloody battles with the
Native American tribes. On one such
journey they leave one of their own children
behind. Years later the Vikings return to
pick up the slaughter, but that abandoned
child is now a grown man (Urban) and joins
with the natives who raised him to fight
the attacking Norsemen.
WHOS IN IT? Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore

WHO DIRECTED? Lee Tamahori
(Die Another Day)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Tired of being a test
subject for psychic experiments, a man
who can see into the future (Cage) moves
to Vegas and tries to live quietly off of his
ill-gotten winnings. But then an FBI
agent (Moore) tracks him down in the hope
he can predict terrorist attacks. Based on
a short story called The Golden Man,
which was written by Philip K. Dick
(Blade Runner) back in 1954.
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WHOS IN IT? Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Keys

WHO DIRECTED? Shari Springer Berman,
Robert Pulcini (American Splendor)
WHATS IT ABOUT? See Scarlett Johansson
interview, page 28.
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WHOS IN IT? Adam Brody, Meg Ryan

WHO DIRECTED? Jon Kasden (debut)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Brody plays a young L.A.
screenwriter who has just had his heart
broken by his actress girlfriend. So he
picks up and moves from L.A. to Michigan
to take care of his ailing grandmother, and
ends up becoming entranced by the family
of women living across the street.
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WHOS IN IT? Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos

WHO DIRECTED? Marco Kreuzpaintner
(Sommersturm)
WHATS IT ABOUT? The last couple of years
have seen both a documentary and a madefor-TV movie about the sex trades practice
of human trafficking. Now comes this grave
drama from German director Kreuzpaintner.
Kline plays a Texas cop who, after suffering
his own loss to the despicable industry,
joins forces with a 17-year-old Mexican boy
whos trying to find his kidnapped sister.
WHOS IN IT? Christopher Walken, Dan Fogler

WHO DIRECTED? Ben Garant
(Reno 911!: Miami)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Garant, who recently
made his directing debut with the spinoff
of his Reno 911! TV show, helms this
comedy that takes place in the world of
competitive ping-pong. Fogler plays a
ping-pong master whos recruited by the
FBI to infiltrate an illegal, underground
ping-pong tournament and perhaps nab the
eccentric criminal (Walken) responsible for
his fathers death.
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WHOS IN IT? Ryan Gosling, Anthony Hopkins

WHO DIRECTED? Gregory Hoblit (Harts War)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Gosling plays an
Assistant DA who gets tangled up with a
man (Hopkins) who was set free on a
technicality after attempting to kill his wife.
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the side of a road, his soul moves about

the world as it did in life. Now, in noncorporeal form, he must find a way to help
someone discover his body before hes
gone for good.
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dramatic and
very emotional,
Dunst says of the
film. It really
concentrates on
the characters
re
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We laughed about it.

Though Dunst is more often drawn to
serious-minded work, she insists this
superhero series satisfies her creative
needs as much as, say, last years costumeladen period piece Marie Antoinette.
I approach Spider-Man as just as
important as any artier things I do, she
says. These movies are very personal to
me, and the relationships that I have with
those people now have so much history.
I cant really compare the experience
with other films, but its like a family to
me. Coming back to a place where you
know everybody is a good thing because
youre confident and youre not afraid to
give your opinions on anything, lighting
or whatever it is.
That comfort level is a definite plus,
complications that made the Marvel

comics a sensation in the first place.
Still, Dunst may be a bit more focused
on the films romantic aspects than anyone
else. After all, this is the film where
Parker decides to ask for Mary Janes
hand in marriage. But complications
arise, both because the alien force brings
out a darker side of Spidey, and because
M.J. now has competition in the form of
her boyfriends other great comic-book
love, blonde bombshell Gwen Stacy, the
daughter of Police Captain Stacy.
Her character adds another type of
woman that puts Peter in a position,
obviously, of conflict with me and lying
and all that, Dunst says. All of those
things just create more drama in our
relationship.
Gwen is played by 26-year-old M. Night
Shyamalan favourite Bryce Dallas Howard
(The Village, Lady in the Water). And
although she may be a rival on screen,
Dunst was happy to have an actress her
own age around. Its so funny, Dunst
says, everyone acts as if its a competitive
thing, but Bryce and I got along better
than anybody. I was happy to have another
girl to share all that testosterone with
on the set. I mean, we have [producer]
Laura Ziskin and other great ladies, but it
was nice to come to set and have a girl to
hang out with.
And I know, shes the redhead
and wearing a blond wig, and Im
the opposite, Dunst adds, chuckling.
Sure, Spider-Man 3 looks

like its filled with
wall-to-wall crawling
action, suspense and
special effects.
Tobey Maguires
hero, Peter Parker,
faces not one, not two,
but three villains
Thomas Haden
Churchs Sandman,
Topher Graces Venom,
and James Francos
Harry Osborn, Parkers
former friend who
finally takes up his dead fathers
Green Goblin mantle.
As if that werent enough, some alien
entity covers Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man
with an all-black Spidey suit that enhances
his powers but also affects his mind.
It sounds like a fanboys dream. But
ask Kirsten Dunst whos back for a
third round as Parkers love interest,
Mary Jane Watson and shell tell you
that Spider-Man 3 is really all about
something else: feelings.
Its very dramatic and very emotional,
the 24-year-old veteran actor says like,
well, the young woman that she is. It
really concentrates on the characters
relationships, more so than before.
Probably true. One of the hallmarks
of director Sam Raimis Spidey films is
that, along with all the stunts and fights,
they stick pretty true to the soap opera
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Its a long movie, she says of the
demanding production period. When
you start doing the blue-screen work and
youre just lying there reacting to all of
these things that arent there in these
long takes, you feel like youre losing
your mind. But when it comes to the
acting, thats what its all about for Sam.
Since the last Spider-Man movie was
released early in 2004 (earning a thenrecord-breaking $88-million U.S. in its
opening weekend), Dunst has acted in
three films, with mixed success. There
was the romantic comedy Wimbledon, set
on the famed English tennis courts, the
disappointing love story Elizabethtown
from director Cameron Crowe, and
Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppolas bio-pic
that fulfilled neither awards season nor

fashion trend-setting expectations.
Yet Dunst doesnt seem too concerned
about the fates of those projects.
Everyone has their own opinion and
theyre entitled to them, she says
confidently. Each movies not for
everybody, you cant please em all. So I
dont really have a problem with people
not liking some things I do.
Yet if this third Spider-Man movie
follows in the footsteps of the first two
what with their stellar critical acclaim and
$1.5-billion worldwide earnings to date
Dunst will once again come as close to
pleasing em all as an actor can.
Bob Strauss is a Los Angeles-based
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WHOS IN IT? Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne
WHO DIRECTED? Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
(Intacto)
WHATS IT ABOUT? This sequel to 28 Days
picks up six months after the first movie
ended. The Rage virus has killed 60-million
people, leaving 7,000 uninfected souls to
repopulate Britain. The U.S. military has
taken control of the project, allowing people
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nefarious types Davy Jones (Bill Nighy),

Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander),
James Norrington (Jack Davenport) and
new baddie, Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat)
who have banded together in an attempt to
put all pirates out of business and corner
the market on the looting industry.
Of course, the highlight of the film
will probably be the long-awaited
appearance of aged rocker Keith Richards,
who pops up as Jacks father. Its wellreported that Depp based his character on
the less-than-coherent Richards, and
rumours were flying that Richards hit the
sauce before his scenes were filmed and
director Verbinski had to literally hold him
in place while shooting.
Will this third Pirates movie really and truly

mark the end of a series that has banked
almost $1.5-billion worldwide? Its hard to
imagine Disneys bean-counters closing this
treasure chest. And what about Johnny Depp,
a.k.a. Captain Jack Sparrow? His loopy
obsession with the fey pirate makes it
seem like hed be thrilled to play Sparrow
for the rest of his career.
So what to expect this time around?
Well, the pic starts with Will (Orlando
Bloom), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and the
back-from-the-dead Captain Barbossa
(Geoffrey Rush) setting sail for Worlds End
to rescue Jack from Davy Jones Locker,
where he was banished at the end of the
second movie. Rescuing Jack is enough of
a challenge, but then throw in four
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WHOS IN IT? Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore

WHO DIRECTED? Curtis Hanson (In Her Shoes)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Bana stars as a hotshot
poker player competing in the gruelling
World Series of Poker who winds up going
head-to-head against his estranged father
(Robert Duvall). Look for cameos by real-life
poker pros Sam Farha, Doyle Brunson and
Canadas own Daniel Negreanu.
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WHOS IN IT? Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst

WHO DIRECTED? Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 2)
WHATS IT ABOUT? See Kirsten Dunst
interview, page 34.
VOICES: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz

WHO DIRECTED? Chris Miller and Raman Hui
WHATS IT ABOUT? After King Harold kicks
the bucket, Shrek and Fiona are next in line
to rule Far Far Away. But Shreks heart lies
in his swamp home and hell do anything to
lose the crown, including going in search of
young Artie (Justin Timberlake) who could
have a claim to the throne.
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WHOS IN IT? Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda

WHO DIRECTED? Garry Marshall
(Raising Helen)
WHATS IT ABOUT? If the name of this drama
sounds familiar its probably because you
heard it mentioned alongside terms
such as discourteous, irresponsible and
unprofessional and spoiled child. Thats
the way James G. Robinson, the CEO of
Morgan Creek Productions, the company
who made this film, described Lohans
behaviour during filming in a letter he sent
to her and to the media. Moving beyond the
behind-the-scenes dra-mah, the film
follows a rebellious teen (Lohan) who is
forced to live on her grandmother Georgias
(Fonda) farm, where she learns that some
people actually get up at dawn instead of
getting home then.
WHOS IN IT? John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson

WHO DIRECTED? Mikael Hfstrm (Derailed)
WHATS IT ABOUT? This horror takes place in
room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel, where a
paranormal debunker (Cusack) has agreed
to stay the night, although no one has ever
lasted more than an hour there before dying.
Shrek the Third
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like Don (Carlyle) and his girlfriend Scarlett

(Byrne) back into a secure section of
London. However, a security breach allows
an infected person inside the safe zone,
which means the whole crazed killing could
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In Shooter, Mark Wahlberg plays a

sniper framed for shooting at the
President. In which of the following
movies did Wahlberg not shoot a gun
Four Brothers, The Departed,
Three Kings, Invincible?
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Jason Biggs upcoming romantic
comedy Wedding Daze. On which TV
series did Black get his big break as
an actor, playing bowling alley
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directs Christian Bale in the new
Vietnam war movie Rescue Dawn.
Last year, Herzog made news when
he came to the aid of a certain
celebrity who had crashed his car.
Name that celebrity.
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twice won the Best Actress Oscar.
The last time was for Million Dollar
Baby, can you name the first?
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Hell be 74 this month, but Michael Caine just

wont slow down. In Flawless, hell play a janitor
who teams with Demi Moore for a diamond heist.
Hes gearing up to play butler Alfred once more
in the second Batman pic, The Dark Knight.
And in a life comes full circle moment, hell
star in the remake of Sleuth as an aging writer
engaged in a battle of wits with a hairdresser
(Jude Law) whos having an affair with his wife.
In the original 1972 film, Caine played the
young stud opposite Laurence Olivier.
Bynes
fairy tale role

Lindsay Lohan may
be Hollywoods most
sought-after 20-yearold actor, but that
could change if
Amanda Bynes
continues her career
charge. Five years
on the teen TV series
What I Like About You
led to starring roles in
the light comedies
What a Girl Wants and
Shes the Man. Her
profile was given a
huge boost when she
was cast alongside
John Travolta, Nicole
Blonsky and Michelle
Pfeiffer in this
summers highly
anticipated musical
Hairspray, and shes
presently shooting
Sydney White in
Orlando, Florida.
Originally titled Sydney
White and the Seven
Dorks, the film
re-imagines the
Snow White fairy tale
with Bynes as White,
a college freshman
who joins a sorority
comprised of seven
social outcasts and
makes it her job to
transform her pals and
take down the reigning
campus mean queen,
played by Sara Paxton.
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with hunky partner and father Brad Pitt this
year as the 43-year-old actor has a dizzying
slate of films lined up. Hes finishing director
David Finchers The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button, about a man who grows younger each
day. Hes set to appear in Dirty Tricks, the
Watergate drama focusing on Martha Mitchell
(Meryl Streep), wife of Attorney General
John Mitchell, who leaked damaging information
to the press. In Dallas Buyers Club, helmed by
Marc Forster, hell play a man dying of AIDS who
shops the black market for meds. Chad Schmidt
casts him as a struggling actor who just happens
to look exactly like real-life star Brad Pitt. And in
State of Play, based on the BBC mini-series, hell
play a journalist who discovers a prominent
politicians involvement in a murder. Whew.
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Zodiac, about the real-life case of a

San Francisco serial killer, is based
on a book by Robert Graysmith.
Which Graysmith book about a
famous 1960s TV star who died a
violent death was turned into
a movie a few years ago?
William H. Macy, Tim Allen,

Martin Lawrence and John Travolta
play suburban wannabe bikers who
get into trouble with a real biker gang
in Wild Hogs. Which actor was once
arrested at Burbank Airport for
having a loaded gun in his suitcase?
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1. Paul Anka 2. Martin Lawrence 3. Auto Focus

4. Invincible 5. Boys Dont Cry
6. Ed 7. Joaquin Phoenix
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love rival in The Ex. In real life
Bateman is married to the daughter
of a famous singer/composer.
Name that father-in-law.
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Nicole Kidman will produce and star in Rabbit Hole, about a couple dealing
with an unexpected tragedy. 36 casts George Clooney and Robert De Niro
as competing detectives looking to stop a band of thieves. Look for
Brittany Murphy as Sigmund Freuds patient in the adaptation of the novel
The White Hotel. Sandra Bullock drives her male pals to distraction when
she embraces her feminine side in One of the Guys.
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Defense Booster spf30
($55, dermalogica.com for
retailers) makes it easy to
always wear sunscreen since it
blends effortlessly with your
moisturizer or foundation.
3 Try The Body Shop Liplife

Gloss ($14.50) in pink lychee
for a subtle rosy tint with a
hint of shimmer. And the
squeezable test tube/angled
applicator makes for precise
colour application.
2 Covergirl TruBlend Naturally

Luminous Blush in Pure Romance
($14, drugstores) contains
tiny particles of mica-infused
pigment for sheer reflection,
not shine. The result is a pink
wash thats soft and utterly
un-Barbie like.
4 Lancomes Pop Cherub Palette

($72, Sears) in La Vie
Reve Des Anges pairs
pastel eye colours with a
dark chocolate for lining, and
sports a detachable cherub
charm so even your cellphone
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this seasons romantic
dressing sees blooms
everywhere for both day
and night, from giant peonies
at Marchesa and Rodarte
to sheer blossoms at
Erin Fetherston and the
subtle embellishment on our
model for Bill Blass.
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A Fine Romance
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Space-age angular
designs in black, silver
(like our model in Fendi)
and gold contrast starkly
with bare limbs. Skirts are
short, shoes are high and
accessories shine. Expect
to see this look filter down
as lots of hard-edged
metallics with black-andwhite patent accessories.
Shorter dresses are back

with a vengeance, like
this one from Canadian
designer Arthur Mendona.
Hemlines stop well above
the knee with lots of
volume and then lots of
leg. Like last summer, a
chunky shoe effectively
cuts the sweetness of the
dresses to avoid a
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Baby Jane? vibe. So
remember, with shoes, the
clunkier, the better.
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rent the movie Breakin, because
the Eighties are back. Luella showed
a tank dress printed with interlinked
trapezoids for a retro-yet-current
look. Crayon brights like grass green
and canary yellow are back too.
If youre not wearing a dress this

spring, chances are youll be pulling
on some very skinny cigarette
pants. Pair them with one of this
springs narrow jackets.
For spring, eyes get a soft wash of shimmery pastels with

soft pink cheeks and a nude mouth, or a soft rosy-stained lip
suggests Chase Aston, Body Shops International Makeup Artist
and Spokesperson. Just experiment. Its only makeup, Aston says.
If you hate it, then just wash it off.
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subtle grey-on-grey voluminous
clothing all winter? Well, spring is
here and those layers and sludgy
colours are a distant memory. In their
place are new silhouettes that reveal
the body trapeze dresses, tanks,
shifts. Dresses of all kinds are the
big news so sign up for Bikram yoga
classes now, because these revealing
fashions demand serious toning.
Stella McCartneys line for Adidas

is in its fifth season, leggings are
apparently never going to go away
and even proto-hippie label Marni
is showing sporty gear. Just clip on
a brushed metal iPod Shuffle
loaded with Babyshambles and go.
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>> March 27
Rapper Chamillionaire
(pronounced Ka-MILyin-air) asks Alicia Keys,
Kanye West, 50 Cent and
others to join him on his
first CD since 2005s
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>> March 27
The pop/punk outfit
releases its fourth disc,
so look for lead singer
Joel Madden to be seen
whoopin it up with
gal-pal Nicole Ritchie.
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>> March 6
Vancouvers reggae-lovin,
hip-hop MC leaves the
Rascalz behind to drop
his first solo disc.
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that clears a path for the ear-catching single Black Mirror, and you know straight away the
Montreal band is going to try its damnedest to knock you off your feet. And they do.
More energetic than their debut CD Funeral, Neon Bible revels in its noisiness, and the band
which already incorporates a stage full of instruments for both touring and recording includes a
pipe organ, hurdy-gurdy, military choir and full orchestra to back it up this time around. But its not
just noise for the sake of noise, Arcade Fire are masters at layering their melodies with odd, yet
complementary, sounds, and as always their almost evangelical approach to rock sends their
music to a higher plane.
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the guys in the band when we

were recording the third or
fourth song...we were like, I
think were making a make-out
record. Or, its a party record
for two people.
Wall of Fire is Elkas
second solo disc, following his
critically acclaimed debut
Party of One (2004), which he
release cause I never thought

Id be doing this when I was
younger. I thought I was going
to have fun in a band for a few
years, but it just sort of stuck,
and its 15 years later and Im
still plugging away.
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feeling then you need to
settle in with Peter Elkas
newest disc, Wall of Fire
(available March 13).
I guess I can say its a
make-out record, says the
singer/songwriter on the line
from his Toronto apartment. It
sort of dawned on myself and
released after spending 12

years with the Montreal band
Local Rabbits. Elkas has a
soulful voice and a way with
words, especially when it
comes to the subject of
relationships. This CD is full
of tales of hooking up and
breaking up with ladies,
and the songs sound all the
more sexy coming from a guy
with dark, brooding looks
that remind you of a young
Cat Stevens.
A lot of the album is about
moving from one thing to the
next, there are transitions going
on, he explains. Its about the
bridges you cross when you get
to them in relationships.
Elkas is himself happily
settled with a girlfriend who
treated him to a vacation in
Mexico last month. However,
the timing couldnt have been
worse with the CDs release so
close at hand.
My girlfriend was given
the trip as a bonus from work
and I was just rolled into the
package, he says with a laugh.
It was supposed to be a
vacation but I pretty much
stewed the entire time about
what was going on we didnt
have the CD cover concept
nailed down, stuff like that.
Its an emotional roller
coaster when a record comes
out and you always forget how
stressful it is, but its also
really, really fun. And its fun to
be talking about my sophomore
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GOD IS ALIVE
Post-apocalyptic scenarios are common in

videogames, but the jumping off point for
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a real-life nuclear disaster.
Created in the Ukraine, this long-awaited
first-person shooter imagines a second
mysterious event at Chernobyl that
unleashes a bunch of otherworldly mutants.
With huge air, blurring speed and signature

Uber tricks, the SSX series has provided
some of the best snowboarding and skiing
thrills since it launched in 2000. For this
re-grooming, racers tilt the Wiis nunchuk
controller left and right to carve downhill.
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Then, when jumping, you use the Wii remote

to draw yes, draw on-screen shapes
that become gravity-defying Uber moves.
As well as a single-player tournament,
Blur has both split-screen and turn-based
multiplayer play. And while video
snowboarding is a lot safer than the real
thing, given the Wii-related injuries posted
on YouTube, you still better move the
coffee table.
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The action takes place on a 300-squarekilometre map more like youd find in a
role-playing game where a treasure
hunter/mercenary type hunts for artifacts
and battles monsters. In an impressive
example of squeezing lemons into lemonade,
the developers made many trips to the
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to get the eerie
feel right, where they took in the barren
streets of Pripyat, the murky sarcophagus
of Reactor #4, destroyed settlements and
the irradiated vehicle cemetery.
The Gods of Olympus have

abandoned me, now there is no
hope, growled Kratos, the
brutal but oddly sympathetic
anti-hero of 2005s God of War,

as he cast himself off the highest
mountain in all of Greece. And
so began arguably the greatest
of all PS2 action games.
Oscars, omnipotence does

not make for exciting gameplay,
so our hard-hearted hero is
quickly stripped of his powers
and immortality.
Now, to end his continued
torment, Kratos (did we mention
hes not a happy guy) must
journey to the ends of the Earth
and face more dark and violent
horrors drawn from Greek
mythology. Happily for us, hell
still face them with two huge
serrated blades welded to his
hands with chains, and use the
same balletic-but-bloody
combat moves, like the
demurely named Plume of
Prometheus.
Speaking of gore, creative
carnage not mindless killing,
so much as intelligent mindless
killing is a God of War
hallmark. So this ones going to
be rated Mature for such
vividly rendered delights as
broken necks, decapitations,
bodies cleaved in two, wings
ripped off, impaled eyeballs
and, gasp, sexual situations.
But like a Scorsese take on the
ancients, its all in service of
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The story then flashed

back to a few weeks earlier,
launching into hours of
non-stop, hand-to-hand
violence, puzzles, monsters and
extraordinary visuals, which
explained how Kratos, a former
champion of the gods, had
come to this sorry end. Of
course, since a sequel has
arrived fatuous spoiler alert
he didnt actually die in the
first game. Now Kratos has
re-upped for God of War II,
likely the last significant game
for any console of the nowfading class of 2000-2001.
In the originals finale, our
sociopathic Spartan with the
mountainous WWE muscles and
creepy full-body tattoos had
dethroned Ares to become the
new Olympian god of war. But
as GoW II begins, Kratos is still
tortured by visions of the past
and driven by revenge. And
oops hes become a more
vengeful and bloodier god than
even ol Ares, who was not
exactly Mister Rogers. But
while Greek gods may be
compelling when they walk
down the red carpet at the
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SHORTBUS
STARS: Sook-Yin Lee, Lindsay Beamish
DIRECTOR: John Cameron Mitchell
(Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
STORY: Canadian radio and TV personality
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STARS: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac
DIRECTOR: Catherine Hardwicke
(Lords of Dogtown)
STORY: Well, if you dont know that, you
probably dont know what a video store is
either. Castle-Hughes and Isaac portray Mary
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(Eva Green), even setting it up

as the reason poor ol James has
trouble committing down the line.
Just some of the extras youll
find on the DVD are Becoming
Bond: An Intimate Look at how
Daniel Craig Stepped into the
Role of the 6th James Bond,
James Bond: For Real: Inside
Look at Action and Stunts,
Bond Girls Are Forever: Closer
Look at Bonds Leading Ladies,
and the Chris Cornell music
video, You Know My Name.
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Director George Miller brought

an odd pedigree to this animated
feature about an adorable
emperor penguin who just
doesnt fit in. Millers big-screen
directorial debut was the postapocalyptic Mel Gibson thriller
Mad Max. Maybe thats why this
latest entry into the cute-animal-
out-of-water genre had an edge

that raised it head and flippers
above most of its peers.
Elijah Wood voices Mumble,
a penguin lad born without the
ability to sing. And thats a
problem when you live in a
society where singing is the way
you find a mate. Exiled from his
clan, Mumble is forced to wander
alone until, that is, he hooks
up with a much more accepting
group of Mexican penguins.
Robin Williams turns in a
memorable performance as the
leader of those Mexican birds
and, if youve got good ears,
listen for the voice of the late
Steve Irwin as an elephant seal.
The DVD features a whack of
bonus features, including
Mumble Meets a Blue Whale,
A Happy Feet Moment, Dance
Like a Penguin: Stomp to the
Beat, a couple of music videos
and the Looney Tunes cartoon
I Love to Singa.
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and Joseph in this retelling of the birth of

Jesus. The film aims to make the ultimate
moment for Christianity more intimate and
relatable.
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British comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen

has been doing Borat as a side
character on Da Ali G Show for years,
and when it was announced that he
would turn the faux anti-Semitic
guerrilla journalist from the very real
country of Kazakhstan into a movie,
waves of delight filled fans of
sophomoric humour. But theres a smart
side to Borat as well. By pretending to
be a racist idiot, Cohen has amazing
success bringing out the racist idiots in
people who otherwise keep that side of
themselves hidden away.
The film follows Borat on a trip across
the U.S. as he both tries to learn about
America to make benefit his home
country, and track down Pamela
Anderson to make her his bride.
Youll find five extended and/or
deleted scenes on the DVD, an
additional montage of deleted footage,
and another montage of material from
the films publicity tour, which included
stops in Toronto, at Comic-Con and the
Cannes Film Festival.
modern touch comes when a

video of Bond killing a
suspected terrorist who may, in
fact, have been unarmed ends
up on the internet, causing
much embarrassment for MI6.
The film also takes advantage
of the fact that new Bond
Daniel Craig is perhaps the
sexiest 007 since Sean Connery
by emphasizing his love affair
with fellow agent Vesper Lynd
while Owen Wilson steps in as a miniature

cowboy and Ricky Gervais is the museums
snotty director.
to earn a job as a stockbroker at one of the

countrys largest brokerages.
STARS: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan

DIRECTOR: Mort Nathan (Boat Trip)
STORY: In 2002s Van Wilder, Canadian
cutie-pie Ryan Reynolds starred as the
titular antihero, a popular campus slacker
adored by less-popular campus slackers.
Now one of those slackers, Taj Mahal
Badalandabad (Penn) is heading to
England for grad school, and bringing all
the lessons he learned from Wilder along.
DVD EXTRAS: deleted scenes, gag reel,
making-of and on-set featurettes
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DIRECTOR: Nancy Meyers
(Somethings Gotta Give)
STORY: Two lovelorn women living on either
side of the Atlantic Ocean sweet Brit Iris
(Winslet) and brash American Amanda
(Diaz) decide to swap houses and give
their broken hearts a break. But what do
you know? Each finds love while abroad.
STARS: Sylvester Stallone, Milo Ventimiglia

DIRECTOR: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky II)
STORY: The reviews were surprisingly positive
for this sixth Rocky movie, with terms like
crowd-pleaser and cheering him on
making it into many critiques. The story
mimics that of the original film, when a much
stronger heavyweight champ this time
real-life light-heavyweight Antonio Tarver
playing Mason the Line Dixon
challenges underdog Rocky to a fight.
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This 21st Bond movie has a

distinctly retro feel for many
reasons. It does away with
elaborate CGI effects in favour
of hand-to-hand combat. Its
based on the very first book
about Bond, written in 1953,
and begins before hes even a
00 agent. Plus, it starts in black
and white.
But make no mistake, this is a
modern spy story set very much
within todays political climate.
Terrorism is the foe to beat
here, as Bonds target Le Chiffre
(Mads Mikkelsen) hopes to fund
terrorists with winnings from a
high-stakes poker game. Bond,
being an accomplished poker
player himself, is chosen to take
on Le Chiffre. Another very
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STARS: Leonard DiCaprio,
Djimon Hounsou
DIRECTOR: Edward Zwick
(The Last Samurai)
STORY: This drama
about the civil war in
Sierra Leone circa 1999
caused a lot of trouble for certain players in
the diamond industry by raising awareness
of the brutal methods through which some
of the gems are retrieved and traded.
DiCaprio plays a smuggler who teams with
a fisherman (Hounsou) to find a rare pink
diamond which may help them save the
fishermans son from the vicious rebels who
kidnapped him as a child. DVD EXTRAS:
director commentary and journal
STARS: Will Smith, Thandie Newton

DIRECTOR: Gabriele Muccino (Remember Me)
STORY: Based on a true rags-to-riches case,
Smith stars as Chris Gardner, a struggling
San Francisco salesman who cant make
enough money to keep his family afloat.
His frustrated wife (Newton) takes off,
leaving him to take care of his kid (Smiths
real-life son Jaden) while desperately trying
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

STARS: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams
DIRECTOR: Shawn Levy (The Pink Panther)
STORY: This huge box-office hit sees Stiller
playing a night-time security guard at
New Yorks Museum of Natural History
(really a soundstage in Vancouver) whos
shocked and terrified to discover that once
the buildings locked up for the night, the
exhibits spring to life. Williams plays a
reanimated model of Teddy Roosevelt,
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DIRECTOR: Bob Odenkirk (Relative Strangers)
STORY: Long-time con John Lyshitski
(Shepard) has one goal in life. Seek revenge
on the judge who sent him to the pen. But
when he gets out of prison, he learns that
judge just died, thwarting his plans to get
even. So he manages to get the judges
pampered son Nelson Biederman IV (Arnett)
arrested, along with himself, and then tries
to make Biedermans life in prison a living
hell. DVD EXTRAS: alternate ending, deleted
and extended scenes, soundtrack sessions
MARCH 20
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Spotlight:
STARS: Greg Kinnear,

Wilmer Valderrama
DIRECTOR: Richard
Linklater (Before Sunset)
STORY: Linklaters
adaptation of
Eric Schlossers 2001
best-selling non-fiction of the same name
ambitiously ties together a number of
storylines all pertaining to the ills of the
fast-food industry from health hazards to
insipid marketing to labour violations.
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Lee turned heads (especially those of her

bosses at the CBC) by appearing in this
explicit film (the sex is real) about a group
of sexually experimental New Yorkers who
converge at an exclusive, underground club
called Shortbus. DVD EXTRAS: bonus
footage, commentary track
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February 20
March 20
Look forward to a productive stretch.

Youre motivated and energetic, and can
reach a financial goal ahead of schedule.
People irritate you around the 15th, so
make an effort to bite your tongue. Avoid
do-it-yourself solutions to mechanical or
technical problems.
Leo
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August 22
Youre in a good position to negotiate deals

and to settle a family dispute. Just be sure
that all offers are realistic. The vernal
equinox of the 20th marks the start of a
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
1st: Ron Howard
2nd: Daniel Craig
3rd: Jessica Biel
4th: Patricia Heaton
5th: Eva Mendes
6th: Rob Reiner
7th: Rachel Weisz
8th: Aidan Quinn
9th: Juliette Binoche
10th: Sharon Stone
11th: Thora Birch
12th: Liza Minnelli

13th: William H. Macy
14th: Billy Crystal
15th: Eva Longoria
16th: Erik Estrada
17th: Gary Sinise
18th: Queen Latifah
19th: Glenn Close
20th: Holly Hunter
21st: Matthew Broderick
22nd: Reese Witherspoon
23rd: Keri Russell

24th: Keisha Castle-Hughes
25th: Sarah Jessica Parker
26th: Keira Knightley
27th: Mariah Carey
28th: Vince Vaughn
29th: Lucy Lawless
30th: Warren Beatty
31st: Christopher Walken
January 20
March finds you determined, or in the

eyes of some annoyingly stubborn. But
by the 31st, youve reached a milestone on
your way to a major goal. A recent
acquisition is worth more than you
thought. A new acquaintance helps you
adapt to a difficult change.
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quickly, or to make snap decisions.
Approach matters with persistence,
concentration and careful evaluation. You
and a partner begin to see eye to eye on a
major issue. Some good financial news
arrives by the 31st.
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March is a building month a time to

sign up for courses, test ideas and
establish friendships. Confidences are
shared with you around the 18th, but dont
reveal any of your own secrets until at least
the 27th. Your memory for family details
proves valuable.
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November 21
Intuitive, intense, and competitive

those are three of your notable qualities,
and theyre all on display now. But theres
a nostalgic theme too, and youll be
spending more time with relatives you
rarely see. Take small risks in romance.
Be cautious in money matters.
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July 22
Youre a shrewd judge of character with an

understanding of whos trustworthy. By the
20th youre ready to make a compromise.
Be cautious about accepting unusual
offers, no matter how flattering they seem.
Late-month brainstorming can lead to a
financial payoff.
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PrePare for a vehicular beat- down.
Cancer
October 22
Its a good month to pursue new interests

including sports-related ones and to
explore ways of increasing your income.
Keep a sense of perspective after the
18th, when a small incident is blown out
of proportion. You and a relative boost
each others morale.
welcome to the brutal off-road racing world of MotorStorm, where to win, you must first survive. Push yourself to the limits
against some of the nastiest, dirtiest drivers ever to go off-roading as they taunt, goad and attack you until someone is lucky
enough to reach the finish line. or play head-to-head online and make the battle a little more personal. tear it up in anything
from a high-flying dirt bike to a powerful big rig, and with real-time deforming terrain, no two laps will ever be alike. So get ready.
its time to see if you can survive the ultimate off-road rumble.
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Youre better than ever at getting ideas

across. Those ideas now relate to
everything from a major family event to
your strong feelings about improving the
environment. Its a good time to scale
down. Surround yourself with upbeat
people from the 17th onward.
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September 22
Follow up on family plans sketched out

during a recent gathering. You hear several
versions of a story and must figure out which
one is accurate. Your role in a project is
minor, yet you manage to steal the show.
Athletic activities require careful preparation.
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You love variety, and should not be

disappointed in this month that includes
high-maintenance visitors, last-minute
work changes, and at least one large and
lavish event. Watch out for occasional
reckless streaks. Be wary of accepting
favours around the 20th.
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April 20
Change is emphasized. You may be

moving, switching doctors or taking on a
new role at work. In any case, research and
second opinions are a must. Be willing to
share a leadership position after the 15th.
Take advantage of late-month travel
opportunities.
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really nice, like for a film festival or a
premiere or something. I never buy
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expensive clothing because Im clumsy I always
spill things down me. And Im not one of those
people who say, Oh no, I cant wear that because I
wore it yesterday. If it doesnt smell, its fine.
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Im still really frugal. The other day I got

upset because every zipper was broken in
a box of Ziploc bags I was using. I
called the number on the package and
they sent me five free boxes. I felt better.
Its the principle of the matter.
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